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“Know Your Country’s History” Workshops

The BA Visits and Conferences Department holds a series of summer workshops for preparatory school students entitled “Know Your Country’s History”, within the cooperation between the BA and the Ministry of Education Directorate in Alexandria. Held in June and July 2012, the workshops cover ...

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Summer Activities Within “Youth and Environment” Program

The BA organizes summer activities within its “Youth and Environment” program: Youth for Environmental Sustainability and Better Understanding (YESBU) and League of Young Masters (LYM). YESBU program is held since 2002, and is directed to school students (aged 13 to 18 years old) through weekly ...

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Observing Venus Rotating Around the Sun

The BA Planetarium Science Center (PSC) holds a special event to observe an amazing astronomical phenomenon in the sky of Egypt on Wednesday, 6 June 2012: Venus rotating around the Sun. The planet of Venus will appear as a black spot moving around the Sun for about 100 minutes. This can be ...

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Selections from Virgin Poetry

The Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly Poetry Reading in Arabic on Tuesday, 5 June 2012. Participants will read selections from Virgin poetry. The session starts at at 4:00 pm in the Reading Area (B1 level). Participants should register their names at the General Information Desk at ...

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New Book Donations from BA Friends

A forty foot container carrying 22,000 books has arrived safely to the BA last week. This generous donation was the result of the kind efforts of the Minnesota Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, together with Books for Africa Organization, an American-based non-governmental organization ...

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